The September edition of The Vegan Box was my first of any sort of subscription box and I was pleasantly surprised. I honestly did not know what to expect upon receiving it but after opening the plastic and seeing what can only be described as an adorable cardboard box, I was convinced I made a solid purchase. As it is full of vegan products, I thought the veggie patch was the perfect place to lay it out!

The September Vegan Box contents:

The Vegan Teahouse Chocolate & Walnut Brownie

Screaming Seeds Moroccan Cous Cous

Resparkle Organic Floor Cleaner Concentrate

Life To You Raw Raspberry Macaroons

Delicious Skin Deliciously Smooth Exfoliating Mask

Happiness & Wellbeing Magazine 3mnth Subscription

Nutraorganics CocoBiotics Probiotic Energy bar

Gobble Organic Sultanas

First of the bat the Chocolate & Walnut Brownie, when I ate it, it was a tad crumbly but it had been in my bag for a while but none the less it was delicious. I am not normally a fan of any kind of nuts in my food but unlike the other examples I have had in my life it did not detract from the chocolate flavour.

The Moroccan Cous Cous I made into a chickpea, feta and vegetable cous cous. The cous cous was cooked in vegetable stock, The Moroccan flavouring made for a more flavoursome meal.

As for the Resparkle Organic Floor Cleaner, I have never been so excited to clean a floor! What’s that about?

Life to You Raw Raspberry Macaroons were not to my liking, they had what I would describe as a peculiar. Rather moist yet crumby in texture and left me with a bad aftertaste. I’m sure it’s just my tastebuds as my mate liked the one I gave him.

My Delicious Skin Deliciously Smooth Exfoliating Mask is being saved for when it is a little warmer in Toowoomba. The texture however is just gorgeous.

Happiness & Wellbeing Magazine is already a magazine I love and as I tend to not be able to get it every month, I was stoked to have this included.

OH MY GOSH! Nutraorganics CocoBiotics Energy Bar was possibly the best thing I have ever tasted with it being chocolate and coconut flavour. I would 110% eat one everyday if it wasn’t $50 for a box of 12, oh how I wish I had the money!

I am not a sultana human on any level but I still tried some Gobble Organic Sultanas for the sake of my review. It just reconfirmed my dislike for sultanas but I will say this much, they were juicy and full of flavour.

Music Seen is about the All Ages music scene in Toowoomba and its decrease over the past few years.

This exhibition (Music Seen) is my first solo exhibition since starting my professional career over 2 years ago. Those 2 years make quiet a difference in that I never even thought of having my very own exhibition back then! However time does not change some things, a photograph of my very first concert as a professional is on show.

The Regional Arts Development Fund is funding my exhibition by way of an RADF grant. I am so very grateful to them and all the people who helped me along the way. These people include all of my Family, my TAFE teachers Alison Ahlhaus and Doug Spowart along with my TAFE mates. The biggest thank you however goes to my boss and an amazing human being, Alison Mooney (co-director of theGRID).

Photographs of my work can be seen on my Flickr account (link below) and some of the opening night, but photos don’t do it justice. The opening night was such a success with a full gallery for myself and ONEwall artist Emily Donaldson. We both received such praise from Mooney as she was opening. As an extra to my opening, I booked Brisbane band The Lost Knights to play (their first Toowoomba show), the crowd went crazy for them! I believe another trip to Toowoomba for them is in order, and soon.

As hectic as this experience was I would love to have another exhibition of my own, mind you next time I will need to be more organised!

Music Seen opened Sept 5th and is on display until Oct 3rd at MARS on theGRID: hybrid arts collective. Lvl 1 488 Ruthven St, Toowoomba

macKBeth Photography came from the fact that I love Macbeth shoes and everyone calls me KB (Kirsten Butters). The thing I enjoy most in the world is shooting concerts as music is my passion. I also love being creative and getting people out of their shell. There are a lot of photo-shoot concepts in the works that involve creativeness and stepping out of my comfort zone! I look forward to collaborating/working with more talented humans in the near future. Contact me if interested